This bill increases the amount of money that Medicaid recipients in institutions can keep each month for personal expenses. It helps ensure that these individuals have enough funds for their daily needs while receiving care.
Medicaid Personal Needs Allowance Modernization Act or the Medicaid PNA Modernization Act This bill increases the minimum monthly personal needs allowance under Medicaid for an institutionalized individual and couple from $30 to $60 and from $60 to $120, respectively. (The personal needs allowance is deducted from an individual's total income when determining the individual's contribution to the cost of institutionalized care under Medicaid.)